Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Escaflowne. I only own Kat, Jewel,
Narisia, the new DS, Blue and Rika. If you wish to use any of my
characters, please ask me first.
Author's Note: Well peeps, it's coming to an end. Yes, the final battle upon them, my characters will find a new will inside of them to keep going. And since I have such wonderful reviewers and readers, I've decided to stay on ff.net. After all, what happened can't hold me back from giving ff.net stories, can it? No, the opinion of my readers means too much to me, I realize. And I promise that I shall never again try to force myself to leave ff.net. I thank everyone. Now, enjoy that chapter!
Chapter Twenty-Two: A Battle
Kat stressed and sweated, but she wasn't enough. She couldn't keep them away; she couldn't defeat them. They came, surrounded her, and she gave up. A Protector killed in the battle. The Protector that gave up without a fight, the one that lost everything in one moment. She deserved what came.
But did she? A new power and voice tore at her soul, nagging and begging for acceptance. What did she deserve? A face emerged from the shadows, haunted and pale. Eyes flashed before her, lips mimicked her. Lights blinded her, and venom paralyzed her. Helpless and alone, not deserving but getting. It was a hole of despair, yet a haven of warmth. In one question, what was to come of her?
One simple answer, one simple clue, one simple solution. It was crazy, complex things unraveled down to the simplest things. Mind boggling! How annoying, devastating, how idiotically hilarious. And to think that the world moved around that one question, that one solution. To think that everything depended on it. What a waste of time. Of effort, or movement.
Kat awoke with a racing heart. What an odd dream, she thought. She couldn't quite… Wait, that was it! She jumped out of bed and ran to the Medical Bay. Once there, she went to a separate room on the side. The room was small and white, with only a few machines in it, a bed, and a small bathroom. The lights were dimmed enough so people could still see but be able to sleep. "Dilandau?" Kat whispered hesitantly.
"You might as well turn on the lights. There's no way in hell I'm going to be able to sleep any ways."
Kat ignored the last part and moved towards the bed where her husband laid. He was coming along fast, his face still looked like a blender but his more serious wounds were healing nicely. "I figured it out! Well, I didn't really figure it out, it came to me in a dream. Oh, you should've seen it. It was-"
"Kat."
"Okay. Look, the one answer that we're looking for lies in Jewel. Jewel and only Jewel. We need to get that answer from her."
"How?"
"By now we all know she's not herself-"
"What?"
"She's changed, she's more aggressive, more ambitious, more deadly. Everyone senses it. She killed a random soldier-not one of your Slayers- because he didn't get her what she wanted. So now that we all know that, it comes down to one thing. She wants something, and I know what it is. And how she's going to do it."
"What are you talking about?"
"Next month is the full moon, and the twentieth yellow moon. One that day the choice was to take power. So, what does Jewel need for the ceremony?"
"The Fanellian Dragon Temple and a few willing soldiers."
"Right. And how does she get it?"
Dilandau's eyes narrowed. "By striking a deal with the viper himself. Or in this case, themselves."
****
It was a hard month on all Slayers. Everyone had to pitch in extra to get everything ready for the upcoming battle. The Protectors and the older Slayers organized and trained everyone, making sure they were fully prepared. But, usually it would be easy to prepare for something, but not as easy when you have the viper in your nest. Everything must be kept quite from Jewel, don't let her suspect anything.
And amazingly, that's just what happened. No one spilled anything, and Jewel herself didn't seem to think anything was amiss… It was going perfectly. Too perfectly.
"Ever get the feeling that things are just too perfect around here?" Alex asked as she and Dallet were patrolling the corridors late at night. It was orders to go in shifts, everything had to be secure.
"All the time since we've been training."
"I don't like it."
"'Lex, you don't like anything. Everything seems too suspicious for you."
"That's what you think."
Suddenly Alex paused. She strained her hearing, but couldn't find the noise again.
"You're getting to jumpy, Alex. You need to relax, unwind. Take a vacation-"
Dallet didn't get to finish. Alex put her hand over his mouth, and pulled him into the shadows with her. "Shut up, unless you want to die."
They remained quiet, not one breathed. Suddenly there was the sound Alex had heard. Click, click, click. The sound of boots on the tile floor. Alex's eyes narrowed. 'Kat, get down here. Dallet and I are near the fifteenth corridor, and there's someone here. We may have company,' Alex spoke mentally to Kat. She could feel Kat's weariness rise. 'Coming,' she thought back.
"Kat's coming. We have to hold off whoever it is," Alex muttered in Dallet's ear.
"But.."
Alex didn't wait for an answer. She jumped out of her spot and confronted the sounds. She was repaid for her actions with blast of energy. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!" Alex yelled as she was hit, and flew back right into the wall. Her body made an imprint in the wall and she fell to the floor.
Dallet jumped out of his hiding spot and faced the attacker. His eyes widened and he almost choked, it couldn't be! There, standing in front of him, golden eyes alight with an inner fire, was the lavender haired beauty of his dreams. She stared at him with quiet eyes but a pleading spoke out from within her.
Just then Kat phased through the wall by Dallet and came to a halt in front of him. "NO!" Dallet yelled as suddenly Kat's hands exploded with black energy.
"Dark Moon, Dark Star, Dark Spirit, I call upon you to take this demon away from us. Dark Spirit, Moon, Star, I call upon you, give me your power and wisdom, and we will live together as one!" Kat yelled.
Her powers stretched outwards and enveloped Dallet's lavender haired beauty. There was a crash of thunder, and a bright flash of light. Dallet covered his eyes from the light. He could've sworn he heard screaming…
The light suddenly disappeared, and Dallet took a chance and looked. His lavender haired beauty was still there, looking the same but a slight shadow seemed to cover her face. Kat was on her knees on the floor doubled over and breathing heard. She moaned once and Dallet saw the pool of blood quickly forming around her.
"Who… Who are you?" Dallet asked.
"Rika Avalon."
****
There, she was back. She was back and…. Wait, what was that? Jewel frowned. She… No, it couldn't be! No! She had it… She could defeat her. No, I can't fail! I must continue!
Jewel stood up from her bed and left her room. She would take care of this, once and for all. The battle begins now.
****
Kat looked around at the assembled. Dilandau, Alex, Nicole, Rika, Dallet, Viole, Miguel, Chesta, Gatti, Guimel, Zaiyane, Xenon, Kendall, Lacey, Cameron, Sara, Heather, Rei, Quin, Eloy, Damain, Del, Leroy, and David. "Alright, let's go. Sensors have picked Jewel up on the main field. Good luck to all of you, and I hope I see you at the end. God and Gaea be with you all," she said. Everyone nodded and walked off to their guymelefs.
*~~*
TBC….
Author's Note: Alright, there's the next to last chapter. Cliffhangers, I know. Yeah, yeah, I know the drill. I'm a terrible person. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed me, you've put me over a 100 reviews! Thanks! Alright, next chapter, expect it to come soon! Oh, and some get killed off in it, don't kill me for it. I warned everyone at the beginning that they might get killed off. Okay, thanks.
-ShadowKat
Author's Note: Well peeps, it's coming to an end. Yes, the final battle upon them, my characters will find a new will inside of them to keep going. And since I have such wonderful reviewers and readers, I've decided to stay on ff.net. After all, what happened can't hold me back from giving ff.net stories, can it? No, the opinion of my readers means too much to me, I realize. And I promise that I shall never again try to force myself to leave ff.net. I thank everyone. Now, enjoy that chapter!
Chapter Twenty-Two: A Battle
Kat stressed and sweated, but she wasn't enough. She couldn't keep them away; she couldn't defeat them. They came, surrounded her, and she gave up. A Protector killed in the battle. The Protector that gave up without a fight, the one that lost everything in one moment. She deserved what came.
But did she? A new power and voice tore at her soul, nagging and begging for acceptance. What did she deserve? A face emerged from the shadows, haunted and pale. Eyes flashed before her, lips mimicked her. Lights blinded her, and venom paralyzed her. Helpless and alone, not deserving but getting. It was a hole of despair, yet a haven of warmth. In one question, what was to come of her?
One simple answer, one simple clue, one simple solution. It was crazy, complex things unraveled down to the simplest things. Mind boggling! How annoying, devastating, how idiotically hilarious. And to think that the world moved around that one question, that one solution. To think that everything depended on it. What a waste of time. Of effort, or movement.
Kat awoke with a racing heart. What an odd dream, she thought. She couldn't quite… Wait, that was it! She jumped out of bed and ran to the Medical Bay. Once there, she went to a separate room on the side. The room was small and white, with only a few machines in it, a bed, and a small bathroom. The lights were dimmed enough so people could still see but be able to sleep. "Dilandau?" Kat whispered hesitantly.
"You might as well turn on the lights. There's no way in hell I'm going to be able to sleep any ways."
Kat ignored the last part and moved towards the bed where her husband laid. He was coming along fast, his face still looked like a blender but his more serious wounds were healing nicely. "I figured it out! Well, I didn't really figure it out, it came to me in a dream. Oh, you should've seen it. It was-"
"Kat."
"Okay. Look, the one answer that we're looking for lies in Jewel. Jewel and only Jewel. We need to get that answer from her."
"How?"
"By now we all know she's not herself-"
"What?"
"She's changed, she's more aggressive, more ambitious, more deadly. Everyone senses it. She killed a random soldier-not one of your Slayers- because he didn't get her what she wanted. So now that we all know that, it comes down to one thing. She wants something, and I know what it is. And how she's going to do it."
"What are you talking about?"
"Next month is the full moon, and the twentieth yellow moon. One that day the choice was to take power. So, what does Jewel need for the ceremony?"
"The Fanellian Dragon Temple and a few willing soldiers."
"Right. And how does she get it?"
Dilandau's eyes narrowed. "By striking a deal with the viper himself. Or in this case, themselves."
****
It was a hard month on all Slayers. Everyone had to pitch in extra to get everything ready for the upcoming battle. The Protectors and the older Slayers organized and trained everyone, making sure they were fully prepared. But, usually it would be easy to prepare for something, but not as easy when you have the viper in your nest. Everything must be kept quite from Jewel, don't let her suspect anything.
And amazingly, that's just what happened. No one spilled anything, and Jewel herself didn't seem to think anything was amiss… It was going perfectly. Too perfectly.
"Ever get the feeling that things are just too perfect around here?" Alex asked as she and Dallet were patrolling the corridors late at night. It was orders to go in shifts, everything had to be secure.
"All the time since we've been training."
"I don't like it."
"'Lex, you don't like anything. Everything seems too suspicious for you."
"That's what you think."
Suddenly Alex paused. She strained her hearing, but couldn't find the noise again.
"You're getting to jumpy, Alex. You need to relax, unwind. Take a vacation-"
Dallet didn't get to finish. Alex put her hand over his mouth, and pulled him into the shadows with her. "Shut up, unless you want to die."
They remained quiet, not one breathed. Suddenly there was the sound Alex had heard. Click, click, click. The sound of boots on the tile floor. Alex's eyes narrowed. 'Kat, get down here. Dallet and I are near the fifteenth corridor, and there's someone here. We may have company,' Alex spoke mentally to Kat. She could feel Kat's weariness rise. 'Coming,' she thought back.
"Kat's coming. We have to hold off whoever it is," Alex muttered in Dallet's ear.
"But.."
Alex didn't wait for an answer. She jumped out of her spot and confronted the sounds. She was repaid for her actions with blast of energy. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!" Alex yelled as she was hit, and flew back right into the wall. Her body made an imprint in the wall and she fell to the floor.
Dallet jumped out of his hiding spot and faced the attacker. His eyes widened and he almost choked, it couldn't be! There, standing in front of him, golden eyes alight with an inner fire, was the lavender haired beauty of his dreams. She stared at him with quiet eyes but a pleading spoke out from within her.
Just then Kat phased through the wall by Dallet and came to a halt in front of him. "NO!" Dallet yelled as suddenly Kat's hands exploded with black energy.
"Dark Moon, Dark Star, Dark Spirit, I call upon you to take this demon away from us. Dark Spirit, Moon, Star, I call upon you, give me your power and wisdom, and we will live together as one!" Kat yelled.
Her powers stretched outwards and enveloped Dallet's lavender haired beauty. There was a crash of thunder, and a bright flash of light. Dallet covered his eyes from the light. He could've sworn he heard screaming…
The light suddenly disappeared, and Dallet took a chance and looked. His lavender haired beauty was still there, looking the same but a slight shadow seemed to cover her face. Kat was on her knees on the floor doubled over and breathing heard. She moaned once and Dallet saw the pool of blood quickly forming around her.
"Who… Who are you?" Dallet asked.
"Rika Avalon."
****
There, she was back. She was back and…. Wait, what was that? Jewel frowned. She… No, it couldn't be! No! She had it… She could defeat her. No, I can't fail! I must continue!
Jewel stood up from her bed and left her room. She would take care of this, once and for all. The battle begins now.
****
Kat looked around at the assembled. Dilandau, Alex, Nicole, Rika, Dallet, Viole, Miguel, Chesta, Gatti, Guimel, Zaiyane, Xenon, Kendall, Lacey, Cameron, Sara, Heather, Rei, Quin, Eloy, Damain, Del, Leroy, and David. "Alright, let's go. Sensors have picked Jewel up on the main field. Good luck to all of you, and I hope I see you at the end. God and Gaea be with you all," she said. Everyone nodded and walked off to their guymelefs.
*~~*
TBC….
Author's Note: Alright, there's the next to last chapter. Cliffhangers, I know. Yeah, yeah, I know the drill. I'm a terrible person. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed me, you've put me over a 100 reviews! Thanks! Alright, next chapter, expect it to come soon! Oh, and some get killed off in it, don't kill me for it. I warned everyone at the beginning that they might get killed off. Okay, thanks.
-ShadowKat